Rebecca made a small, choked sound. "How. How would you even."
"I should have asked years ago why my mother's smile changed every time she looked at you. I didn't. That's on me." My next breath shook on the way in. "But the Voss family has eyes everywhere. The moment you walked into their world calling yourself by my old nickname, they started asking. They had your file inside a day."
Rebecca tugged at Thomas's sleeve. "Dad. What do we do."
He didn't answer her. He looked at me, and for the first time in my life I saw fear cross my father's face.
"Kate. Sweetheart. Listen." He spread his hands. "Marriages have problems. I loved your mother once, in the beginning. When you were born I was happy. I swear to you."
He kept talking. I stopped hearing him.
He was using my mother's name to
